Unique drawing tools that provide the beauty of soft pastels with the convenience of pencils. They are true pastels, with a soft, powdery texture and a smooth, velvety finish, but they are enclosed in high quality wood casings for maximum lead protection and control. Pure, lightfast colors that offer a rounded spectrum of full-strength colors and tints. The sets are packaged in tin boxes except where indicated.

If you like the texture and blendability of Artists colour pencils, but prefer a crisper, more precise drawing style, this pencil is for you. Studio shares the same colour strip as Artists, but it is slimmer and the woodcase is hexagonally shaped rather than round. The result? A colour pencil that is easy to grip and particularly suited to detailed illustration work, such as botanical studies, architectural drawing and graphic design. All tend to be studio-based – hence the name.

This kit allows artists of all skill levels to experience graphite drawing like never before! The 40-page project book features instruction by accomplished artist Carol Rosinski. A range of spectacular step by step projects—from traditional still lifes and landscapes to human and animal portraits. Equipped with a stimulating combination of quality components and invaluable instruction, readers will be inspired to experiment as they learn exciting new twists on the art of pencil drawing. Includes case includes 40-page guidebook, drawing pencils, brushes, erasers, sharpener, sandpaper block, tortillons, pencil extender, drawing paper.

These waterproof inks produce a transparent wash that is as bright and vivid as liquid watercolor. Excellent for use with technical pens, lettering pens and air brushes. Colors can be mixed or diluted with water to produce an infinite range of shades and hue.

Photo Services

Printing on canvas is incredibly versatile and a great way to create a ready-to-hang image or artwork. Every canvas that we print is protected with a UV coated acrylic finish to guard the print from dust, moisture and fading. Do you want your canvas stretched on bars or non-stretched? Framed or unframed? Customize the work to make it truly your own.

Photography Information

Nowadays just about anyone can take a good quality photographs with a digital camera. Or take a few hundred pictures and the chances are few will be good, and even one or two outstanding.

Here are a few tips, tricks and techniques on how to make art print poster ready photographs and print ready digital files. Don’t get overwhelmed, there is a lot of information here, but a lot of it is just intuitive. Well, a bit of patience will always help.

First thing – Photo Size

If you taking a digital photo of you family or friend the largest size you would print is usually 5 by 7 inches, maybe 8 by 10 at the most. Even small size digital photographs (2MB or less) are ‘good enough’ to create a decent print. But if you want to create prints that are 16 by 20, 20 by 24 inches or larger you need more pixels (in pixels 20 by 24 inches photo is actually about 40 times larger than 3 by 4 inches photo assuming they have the same resolution).

Art Information

Watercolor is an easy, fun medium for creating art. Color theory, composition and design can be explored freely with watercolor paint, paper, and brushes. Several techniques may be used with watercolors for varying effects including painting wet on wet, wet on dry, layering washes, and more.

Watercolor paper comes in cold press, hot press, and rough. Rough paper has the most texture, and its hills and valleys can result in interesting effects when paint is added. Hot press is the smoothest and has the finest texture. Cold press has a moderate amount of texture and is the paper most commonly chosen by watercolor artists.

Watercolor paper comes in several weights ranging from 90 lb. to 300 lb. based on the pounds per ream of paper. Most artists prefer to use at least 140 lb. paper. Papers vary somewhat between manufacturers, so sampling different papers is advisable. Paper can be purchased in pads, in blocks or in large sheets. The large sheets are usually the most economical and can be torn into whatever size is desired.